If we look historically this is the most NH weighted Lions tour ever. England and Ireland are 5 and 7 ranking points above Australia. To add on they also have some exceptional Scottish and an exceptional Welsh player in their squad. To me this is like the Chiefs, Crusaders and Hurricanes combining into a team to face the Brumbies and the Brumbies leading for 95% of the match. Credit has to go to this Australian team for putting together a performance like this on a short notice period. (Smidt only had them for a year after the EJ disaster)   submitted by   /u/Flyhalf2021 [link]   [comments]